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December 07, 2015

Stocking book titles by Indie authors in traditional book stores is impossible…

#asklily “Stocking book titles by Indie authors in traditional
book stores is impossible…

unless you have a Bestseller” Yes, that’s what the Bookstores in
Switzerland and Germany told me. How ridiculous! Tell mehow can you become a
Bestselling Author if your book is not available in book stores? What am I
missing here?

The last
couple of months I put ALL my energy in
marketing and promoting my books which I publish as an Indie author thanks to Amazon. I soon realized that my target group
of reader is not necessarily online after I have invested money for Ads on Facebook and Twitter unsuccessfully!
I easily flushed down my money into the toilet but in a professional way!

One could
say, well your audience is hard to find online. Well that can’t be the only
reason, because my books are for different readers. Along my trilogy which is under the Category
“memoir / biography”, I also have published “children’s books” for different ages.

At least a
few traditional bookstores in UK took
the first two titles of my trilogy “Destination: Freedom” (the first part) and
“Definition of Freedom” (the second
part) in stock on a trial basis. Which
I am very grateful for. This shows me again the huge difference between the German
and British culture.

The British bookstores also made me aware
of an important fact that I hadn’t considered before. They told me that the ISBN Number that Amazon Createspace is offering is not
available for International Book
Wholesalers and that the chances of getting my books stocked in traditional
bookstores would be much higher if I would take care of this issue.

So after
some research I have now decided to publish
the first two parts of my trilogy as ONE
book with the title“The Lily Amis
story” in 2016 with a new ISBN. I truly hope and pray that this
will solve the ordering process for Wholesalers
and traditional bookstores. And that there is no more excuse anymore.

Because I honestly
couldn’t promote my memoir on a better time than now! 2015 was the year of refugees! In all countries and all languages
the refugee issuewas a global subject. But still most bookstores in UK,
Germany and Swiss refused to support me as an Indie Author and my books. I guess if I was
published by a traditional international
publishing company my memoir would have been on the Bestselling List by
now

According to the site The
bookseller (@thebookseller) I found
out that in UKfour bookshops have opened in 2015
that are specialized in supporting Independent Authors. So I contacted
them and asked if they would stock my book titles! But I haven't received ANY
respond till now! All I can hope now is that Amazon will open
physical book stores soon and support Independent
Authors like me. Fingers crossed!

I’m a nominated Multi-Genre Author, Blogger, Artist and Publisher. I’m the Author of “Destination: Freedom” and eleven more titles. With my honest memoir I have enjoyed strong media exposure and public interest during the refugee crises in summer 2015. Placements included two features with national newspaper the Daily Mirror as well as interviews with popular British lifestyle websites Female First and Frost Magazine. I had to fight against injustice, prejudice, discrimination and social isolation for almost three decades to become who I am today. An Independent Publisher and Author with the goal to entertain and educate readers about important and eye-opening topics in our society. Check out my seasonal Free blogger magazine “Read My Mind” on my website! Social media contacts: Website: www.lilyamis.com – www.nasSima-design.com, LilyAmis.blogspot.com, nasSimadesign.blogspot.com, Twitter: @nassimadesign and @ReadMyMindMag, Youtube: sndesign2011, Facebook: @LilyAmisAuthor and @ReadMyMindMagazine. Visit my store: www.society6.com/nassimadesign.